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Note that, depending : * Depending on your OS and configuration, files and folders with a '.' prefix may be hidden.* In the [[Web Application]] context, options can be defined in the <code>web.xml</code> file.

As BaseX is distributed in different flavors, and as it may be started from different locations, it dynamically determines its home directory:

* First, the '''Java system property''' {{monoCode|"org.basex.path"}} is checked. If it contains a value, it is chosen as directory path.* If not, the '''current user directory''' (defined by the system property {{monoCode|"user.dir"}}) is chosen if the {{monoCode|.basex}} configuration or {{Code|.basexhome}} file is found in this directory. * OtherwiseIf not, the configuration file is searched in the '''application directory''' (the folder in which the project BaseX is located)is chosen if one of these two files is found in that directory. * In all other cases, a {{Code|basex}} subdirectory in the '''user's home directory''' will be returned. The user home directory is retrieved via the {{Code|HOME}} environment variable, or (defined in if unassigned) the Java system property {{monoCode|"user.home"}}. If BaseX is used in an embedded environment (such as a servlet in a [[Web Application]]) is , it may not immediately be clear which directory was chosen. You can run the XQuery expression <code>Q{org.basex.util.Prop}HOMEDIR()</code> to find out.

A database in BaseX [[Databases]] consists of several binary files, which . These are all bundled located in a folder with directory named by the database name.If you run the standalone JAR archive, all of these files are stored in a folder in the home database. The database root directory,which is named {{MonoCode|BaseXDatadata}}. If you use one of the complete distributions, this directory will benamed <code>data</code>, and reside in the application directory.

* Server/StandaloneGeneral: edit the {{Option|DBPATH}} option in the {{Code|.basex}} configuration file '''Note: ''' Existing databases will not automatically be moved to the new destination. ==Log Files== Log files are stored in text format in a <code>.logs</code> sub-directory of the database folder (see [[Options#DBPATH|SET DBPATH [pathLogging]]]</code>for more information). =Changelog= ;Version 9.0 * Updated: Detection and configuration of home directory and subdirectories. ;Version 8.0

Note* Updated: After having changed {{Code|.basexperm}} is obsolete. Users are now stored in {{Code|users.xml}} in the database path, all existing databases have to be manually moved to the new locationdirectory (see [[User Management]] for more information).

==User and Log Files==Global users, along with their passwords and permissions, are stored in the <code>.basexperm</code> file in the [[#Home Directory|home directory]]. Local users and permissions are stored inside the database files.Log files are stored in text format in the home directory <code>BaseXData/.logs</code> (see [[Logging]] for more information);Version 7.7

* Updated: The {{Code|.basexhome}} file marks a folder as [[Category: Internals#Home Directory|home directory]].